1000 Posts, One Rich Journey

“It’s gotta be good”, I told myself.

“I want it to be special”, I mused.

“But I don't have anything ready for a giveaway!”, I stalled.

“Just write”, I prodded.

.:.

Who knew the pressure of writing one’s 1000th post would be such a paralyzing pain in the ass?

The only plausible response was to write the dang post and move on, because that's what I do.

I write. I persist. I fumble. One blog post at a time I continue this experiment of mine.

These past 10 years have led me through a joy-filled, anxiety-ridden, soul-expanding journey and I’ve got 1000 posts documenting the whole thing.

I feel rich at the thought.

Thank you for being here with me. I feel rich at the thought of that, too.

So here it is, my 1000th post.

Here’s to the next thousand. Even better, here's to the 1001st.

With love and gratitude,

Stephanie

xo

Photo Pause: Winter Storm, Winter Beauty

Note: Photography is a path to mindfulness for me, a meditative and grounding practice that prompts me to slow down and notice the world around me. May these images offer you a space to pause, a respite in your perhaps busy day, and a reminder to take a moment now & then and notice what's going on in the world around you.

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We got 51 centimetres in one day - that's 20 inches, for my American friends.

It was shitty if you had to commute or drive in it, really really shitty (thankfully neither D. nor I had to).

It was a crazy amount of accumulation.

It was also beautiful. The next morning, all I wanted to do was play.